Part 2 —Care coordinators

Identification of relevant mental health service provider3

1

Where a Local Health Board is responsible for providing a secondary mental health service9 to a relevant patient and a local authority is also responsible for providing such a service, then the provisions of this regulation apply.

2

The Local Health Board is the relevant mental health service provider for a relevant patient unless paragraphs (3) or (4) apply.

3

A local authority is the relevant mental health service provider for a relevant patient if that patient is the subject of—

a

a guardianship application made under section 7 of the 1983 Act; or

b

a guardianship order made under section 37 of the 1983 Act.

4

A local authority is the relevant mental health service provider for a relevant patient if that patient is under the age of eighteen years and—

a

is looked after by a local authority within the meaning of section 22(1) (general duty of local authority in relation to children looked after by them) of the 1989 Act;

b

is a relevant child within the meaning of section 23A (the responsible authority and relevant children) of the 1989 Act;

c

qualifies for advice and assistance under section 24(1A) (persons qualifying for advice or assistance) or section 24(1B) of the 1989 Act; or

d

is admitted to a school in accordance with a statement of special educational needs made under section 324 (statement of special educational needs) of the Education Act 199610 that names the school.